The Sun. — London, England, 1810-03-09 00:00:00

EON. CAIVALIA- LAKE. The The following is the most s matenat part ,of the, evidence laid on ;his. table Of. the, House of ,com mons, addFced , oo the Court _Martial ,of Captain Lake,_ which_ .was ; confirmed. by several other wit. nesses : ••. • _ . • . MR. EDWARD SPENCER, Late Master of his 'Majesty's 410 Op Recruit, called • in and sworn. The Judge' AdvoCate asked :—You will be pleascctto 'state to• the: Court what you know Of the charge againSt Captain Lake ?—On the t3th of Deeinber, 1807, standing to the northward-on: she isl.ind of S:mbrero, bearing east from the ship, di , statit from her about a mile and a half (which is; indjs about five or six leagues from the Deg and Prickly Pear Island, .in the West Indies) — Captain Lake came on ileck, and came to the gang way where he was standing,. between the hours of trVe and -six in the dtternoon, And asked, what island is this ? I answered, it was the Island of Sombrero. - Capt:Lake said, have we not some thieves on board ? To whi...11 I said, yes; there are two who have lat-.ett.gnilly of theft. Capt. Lakeim mediately send*up Jeffery here. The man soon came up. Capt. Lake told him he would not keep such a fellow in his ship, and that'lle should send him on shore. Capt. Like alter wards.weet up to Lieu tenant Mould, Second .Lieutenant, who was carry rng-on duty at the time, and spoke to him; but I did not hear what -passed: In about a quarter or half an hOur afterwards Captain Lake said bear a-hand, and land the man, and eome off. At this time Lieu tenant Mould As in the boat astern, as was also Robert Jeffery, from the time he was called to the gangway until I saw him pass the gangway, to go into - the boat; he was at that time 'looking for his things, and he was called to go into the boat over the stern. I did not see the boat put'off; but after she was off . 1 .heard , Captain` Lake, hail the Lien tenant to bear a-hand and land .the man, and - come off again. I have omitted mentioning, that before the man was ordered into the boat, • Captain • Lake ordered the painter "to get a piece .of canvas, and paint on it " Thief," which I did not see done. I was on deck between the hoOrs of seven and eight o'clock,' when, the beat returned, and Jeffery was net 'then in the boat: the boat was hoisted up, and we made sail to the Northward. The Court asked, Was there any water Or pro ! Visions put into the . aat•, thit landed .Robert Jet lesy, for his use?—l did not see - any ; neither did I hear:any / ordered. • • • • Were his clothes - put, into , the boat ?—No, they were hot ; I saw them, the next. day,. I think, on„ board: -He was dressed in a •frek and trowsers, not having any hat or shoes on. at the time I saw him. On the following day I dined Kith Captain Lake, and just as be was rising up to .quit the table, Cap tain Lake-said, I wonder how old Je ff ery .comes on now ; I supphae 'he is got housed by this time." .A,re there any houses on Sombrero ?—None: I. was on the Island .af t erwards on the 18th ' day of February, 1-808. I was sent. on shore by order of Captain Lake, accompanied by Lieutenant-Mould, to see if I contd see any thing of. the. Man (Jeffery), _and , see what sort of an' - island it was. I -went on shore with Lieutenant MOuld in the boat, and walked over some • part .of the Island, where we found a great Many eggs, and young birds•sitting on their nests, not capable of flying away ; they are large birds, and when at fell - size are called Noddies,' but could not find any fresh water. I tasted many pools, and it was all salt water which I- tasted. The island was entirely barren, nothing but a kind of rough 'grass weed, ' which wfis• in the middle' of thj island; there was no house or inhabitant'on it. On th:e• island • I found 'a remnant of a pair of trowsers much torn, and the- handle of a tomahawk or.hatchet, which-were the only things I found on, the island. I. did not find Jeffery there, nor any traces-of him, for I minutely surveyed every part .of the island': it has a craggy ascent, and flat when you get upon it ;- it is ,about a mile and a half in circum ference. We. went back to the. ship at twelve o'clock, according to Captain Lake's order.; we mere about an hour and a half at that time on the •I•land. We hi - Ought off with us some of .the eggs and young birds.' 'We went a second time in the afternoon, - and 'carried with us muskets and • slugs to shoot - birds, and to look for the man ; then it was we found the trowsers.. Lieutenant • Mould -and Mr. Hobson, and. Mr. Salmon went wit4ns. We surf eyed tloe island all curer, taking different routes : we did not find the man, nor any . trace's of him-then : we returned - about six or seven o'clock op board. Captain liske came to the shore of the island, but did not land, and returned 'with us on heard. Did yoU bring the part 6ft lie tomahawk or hatchet you describe to have . seen on the Island of SoM . Orem onboard the Recruit ?—I did. Did. yon .form any opinion what it was, or froth whence it came ?—My opinion wa•, it ova; a 'fisher man's ; it ,was very lough ; it was not any thing belonging to the Navy. Were the trowsers you found of the same sort . as those worn by' Jcilery ?--They had the same appearande-as trowsers served out in his Majesty's HArrott-Gakntx.—Yesterday. Mana,sseh. Booth, a native of Shropshire, who has been but a few days In town, was charged by Mr. W. Busy - Jell, a sales= mati of Smithfield-market, with taking from under his'head, while in bed at the sign of the Half-moon in Smithfield, a pocket-hook, containing 2021: It appeared that on Wednesday night the prosecutor, in consequence of knowing the young man's - friends , in the country, assisted hirn, and otieredihim half his bed, and to send him into. the country. in the morning, as he was much distressed. Soon after the robbery, 'the prisoner went to Mr. Daunt, butchiw, in St. John's-street, to make .a *small pur chase of meat; Where Ira pulled out the identical bc,ok of Mr. Buswe}l, sheaved a . 301. note, and asked Mr. Daunt whether • it' was-not a ten pound note. Mr. Daunt; who _had- been in coMpany with : Mr. Lusweli, reel); rt,sed the boUlt, gave the prisoner in charge of a Constable, and recovered the whole of property, which Mr..Buswell swore•;to. The wAs.cominiqt:•d for ur-exarninuticnt, BRIGH7'OIV, MARCH 7. The weather here, though mild, continues damp and - fluittuating, the rides and' - walks ocetsinallY, therefore, during the day, have gay appearances, and occasionally they are entirety .deserted. They 'were respectably decorated with company this morn ing. —Private• entertainments are happily again be coming "the ton. Lady SHAFTESBURY, Lady 13. A. COOPER, Lady NEWB.OURGH, and other gees de con dition, partook of a friendly fete at Russell-House, on Saturday. On Monday Mrs. FITZHERBORT, and others of the first distinaion here, dined With Mrs. LAMBERT, and enjoyed the festivities, which were there continued in the evening, an elegant stip* being inc:uded, in the attractions. Admiral GOULD bad a selea dinner .party also, at his house oa : the New Steyne, on-Monday. Last night Miss Moias- WORT/4, on the New Steyne, had a fashionable,sep per and card.party ; . and Mr. ,BROWKE, a dinner party, at his resideece on the. Marine. Parade. Ma jor MONTALAMBERT, took .his departure from hence yesterday; fOr London. Mr, and Mrs. PA.RKER and family, left us this morning, for Bath: MORE HOAXING.—ThI banns of marriage of a couple were published by the Minister in the pa rish church on Sunday, Which have since been for bade, the panics therein Mentioned being scarcely known to each other. The son of a respectable tradesman, who was 'announced as soliciting per mission-to unite his fate, With the maid of all work of a butcher; feel's- hiMself not a little nettled on the occasion, and has offered a considerable reward for the discovery of the hoaxer It seems that the Pa rish Clerk - had " received' the Written docUmerits for the. Minister, only the night preceding their publi cation; each accompanied with a shilling, from a little girl, -who received them from 'a woman,: a stranger, who gave her a .sixpence to dispose .of them as she did. 'This boa, therefore at present stands little chance of involving the author of it hi merited difficulties. Another diirision of the- 85th Infantry, and d'e• tachwents of other regiments, are expected shortly to pass through this place, on their route fur Putts month, there to embark for Portugal. LAIL REPOla'. COURT OF KING's BENtal, FED, 'Mr. SCARLETT moved for leave to'file a criminal information against the Rev. William Finch, at the instance of Michael Hughes, Esq. a inagistrate, ark`d trustee of a-chapel, in which the Rev. Mt. FinCh officiated as minister. The substanCe,of the ci,targe against Mr. Finch was, that on being called upon b; Mr. Hughes, to visit the sick of the parish of will& he was a minister, he refused. to ,do so, alleging it was not bis duty ; Mr. Hughes conceiving it was his duty wrote to the Diocesan, the Bishop"of Chester; and that Rev. Prelate returned an answer ) that it was the duty of a Minister of the Gospel of Christ to visit the sick and comfort the affliEted, 'and lie.ex preSied a hope that this Gentleman would do se; upon this Mr. Bach stood charged with having formed a Malicious design of disturbing the peace of mind of Mr. linglies, by "causing to be sent to him very improper- letters, imputing to.: him a want of ehariV, beneVolence,and almost all the virtues of a Christian, and a breach of the gth article - of the Decalogue; and once at-church,. in the face of the congregation, Mr. Finch sent to Mr. Hughes a note,." requesting him to absent himself from the Sacrainent until things were better, regulated," and which bad the effect of deterting him from per. funning that solemn a& of 'devotion. This indig nity to a Magistrate, and a trustee of the chapel, and that, as-it'should seem, for nothing more than reqdesting that to be done which a good 'Christian ought to do without asking; namely, visiting the sick and comforting tire aillteled," was not to be en. dureq : 14e ought t o add,.however, that the affida vit-neither stated the letters of the hand-writing of Mr. Finch, nor that they were in a feigned hand; but that the deponent verily believed that Mr. Find caused and procured them to be written by some person, .whose hand was unknown to the deponent, acid sent to him. Mr. Justice &AXLEY.-" Upon these faas being proved as stated, there would be no evidence to gd to - a Jury, and therefore the information would be useless." Lord Et tayßottouGn.—" The evidence now stated, would not warrant a Grand Jury in finding a bill of indictment;.. The effe& of granting this role would be to fish for evidence, and call on this per son either to admit or deny the fiat against him.' Motion re:fused. THU JUNG V. ELIZABETH MORRIS. The judgment of the Court being moved on _the defendant, The ATTORNEY•GEISEBAL said be believed she did not intend to appear. Mr. GAaaow, who was for the defendant at _ the trial, said he had no intrusions at present; she was called upon recognizance, did not appear, and her recognisance was ordered to be estreated. PERSIA. , '-'Aliaiiirten miles fro m , Baku, a city situated by an extellent'haven in the Caspian - sea, is a pheno menon-of a very extraordinary nature, called the Everlasting Fire. The soil is dry and rocky, and there are built upon it several ancient temples of stone, supposed to have been all 'dedicated to fire. Ainong these is a little temple, 'ih which the Gou ries a set who consider fire as the most perfea re4emblance of th e D e ity, perform- their devotions. Near the altar is a large' hollow cave, from the end of which •isAieS a blue 'flame, like that of a lamp burning with spirits, but to appearance more pure. This flame the Indians pretend has. continued ever since the flood, 'and they • fancy it will last to the end of the world. We, are informed, that at - a small diStance from the'teinple 'is a, IoW cleft a fa rock, in Which is a :hollow gap 'two :feet Itoei the . ground, near six long,- and about three bitted, from which issues a blue flame like that' already dpscribed.' s in calm.' eather it .burni low, but; When fhe wind blows, it Sometienes rises eight feet. hig4 4 , and yet. it is not perceived that the flame makes any impresSion on the rock. .But what ..appetrs still more extraordinary is, tllat the earth for .ahOve two miles round tlzis place, has this extraordidary.yro, petty, that on . takittg on two three inches . 01 the surface, and applying live coaVilie part uncovered instantly takes fire, almost Arne .th e coal touches it. The_ flame heats without; consuming the soil, nor . does it affea the earth that is near ii .; 'yet this earth, carried to another place, does not produce this effecl. If a cane or a paper tribe, be set. about tveo inches in the ground, and closed up with the earth. below, on touching the top of it - with a live coal, and blowing upon it, a flame immediately is sues, without burning either the cane or the paper, provided the edges be covered with clan - and this method the, people there Use for lighting their houses, as they have no other floor but the earth. Three or four of these lighted canes will boil water• in a pot, and thus they dress their provisions. The . flame may be 'extinguished in the, same manner as that of spirits of wine. The ground there is dry and stony, and the more stony it is, she stronger and clearer is the flame ; it will burn lime to great perfealon; and his a sulphurous smell like naptha fs kind of chalky clay that takes fire like brimstone), but this smell is not very otnnsive. Near the place where is found this remarkable phenomenitin, 'brimstone is dug, arid ;springs of naptha are found. The principal places - for-the black or dark grey nap ilia, is the small island caled. Wetoy, in. the Cas pian Sea, which is uninhabited, except when they ate taking naptha. The springs of this chalky soil boil up highest. when the weather is thiek and hazy, and the naptha frequently takes fire on the surface, running in great quantities framing into the sea, to an almoit incre,lible distance frem the , shore ; but, in clear weather the springs do not boil up , abine two or this.se feet in height. This oil y substance, in boiling over, bt.:comes of.such a consistetice, that,. by degrees, it almost closes up. the mouth of the spring, and sometimes entirely, forming a hillock . as_black as pitch. But when a 'spring 4 thus stops Oed up in Tie place, it breaks out in another ; and some that have.not been long open, forin a mouth' eight or ten feet in ,diameter. This substance has • an :unpiklawitit smell, and is principally used by the poor in .lamps, and to_ boll their, provisions, but gives the food a disagreeable taste ; it burns best when mixed with a small quantity of ashes, and as there is great plenty of it, every family is well Stip plied. The peolle keep it in' earthen vessels? under groutid, at a swan distance from from their houses, on account : of its being very liable to takerfire• In the peninsula _of Apcberon is g white naptha, of a toUch ttinner consistence, which. the people drink as a cordial and ,tnedieine. It is , also used extern nally, and is carried into India, where bring properly prepared, it is made into a most beautiful and last tug tarnish. 111 , 1 r., Rosa's •PAMPHLItt.—We lately took some extracts from this valuable traCt relative to the inter ests of the NatiOn, and We now consider it a duty to the lake illu,trious Minister of this country, to seleet trorrithe same Work the following proof of the noble spirit ofdisinterestedriess Which formed an essential . teature in his chara&er "In alluding (says Mr. Rose) to embarrassed state of Mr. Pitt's finances, it is due:to his memory. from the Author, who has never separated fromhirn, either in personal alledtion or political attachment, from his first entrance into public life, to almost the latest hour of his existence, to state 'a circumstance with respect to pecuniary_matters infinitely to hii credit. "-Early in 178 n, when the Nation was in - a state of despondency respe&ing the health of our beloved Sovereign, and a' change in the AdministratiOn was thought-extremely probable, it ocCurred to several Gentlenien of the first respeEtalaility in the City of London, that-Mr. Pitt on quitting office,' would be in a, situation of great embarrassment, not only from some debts Which he bad-unavoidably incurred, but as to the means of his futUre subsistence. They felt . the strongimpresiion; in Which the- nation partici pated, of his great virtues, as well as Obis eminent talents; and they were sensible, in common With their country, Of the value of those services to which his life had been hitherto devoted, particularly . to those commercial interests in which they were deeply engaged. 'Under this impression, a certain ninnber of merchants and ship-owners rnet, and resolved to raise the Sum of .100,0001. to be presented tobith as a free gift,--the well-earned reward of his merito rious exertions ; each subscriber engaging never .to divulge the name of himself, or of any other person 'Contributing, in order to prevent its being known to any one excepting themselves who the contribu ' tort were. The only exception to this engagement of secrecy, was a respeetable Baronet—(Note. Sir Hobert Preston, then Me m b e r- for DOver, who gave many proofs of kindness and 'attachment to Mr. Pitt, . but never asked a single favour of bid] 3 who being 3011 living, no further tribute of justice can be paid to him]—who was deputed --to conic to the Author tolearu in what manner the- token of esteem and gratitude (as. it i*as s expressed) could by presented most accek)tably to Mr. Pitt ; whose name was to be as carefully concealed from- Mr. Pitt as the others. Highly flattering as the offer was, and season able, as the ad would have been (proceeding from a set of Gentlemen whose motives must, have been pure and disinterested, not, only in such,an unequi- . vocal mark of regard fOr a falling Minister, but from the mode of carrying, their. objeCt into died), the Author entertained doubts of Mr. Pitt accepting the proffered bounty, and therefore thought it right to . apprise . him of the intention. This occasioned- a long discussion on the subject, which ended in Mr.. Pitt expressing a positive and fixed determination to decline the acceptance of the liberal and generous offer : a determination that nothing could shake, for when it-was urged that it could never be known to him who the. - subscribers were, and that they were inen whore fortunes put them out of -all probability . of ever soliciting the sniallest, favour, from hitn;- his reply was, that II he should,.at any future time of his life, return w oflicd,-he should never see a Gen tleman- from the city 'Without its recurring to tint that he [night be one of his subKribers.' " His positive determination was communicated by, the Author to the Baronet before alluded to, ;which put an -end to the ,measure-; and:in a lerk 'Clays•afteri .Mr, Vitt, in conversing •aoput his. future told the Author he had taken 'a - fixed resort"-• iron to return to the 13.11 - , and apply. unremittingly ,to that profession, in order to extricate hiuiselt troth his eLtlieuli ies,. and to secure, as far as he should- be able, thestneau s of future' independence. • • LW , DON i Pripied by RIC I= P. .1, I< i ,01 IN N.l a ril et t. cou t, w- s tit e ; Pc At, the Sthr-OFFicsj i 2; Strand ;,.where. Adverlisements, Orders for. tae PER:II74N BdfIIK. It is pot certain bow the qualities and use of this • rematkabje Bark can fit st to be known., but it is the common opinion, that before die arrival of the Spa niards it was used by the Indians in the cure of in termitting fevers and agues, 'which are frelsent in the damp parts. of Peru. According to Spanish ac counts, however, the virtues of the Peruran Bark were discovered in the following manner:-- The tree which produces this noble specific grows hi the inland parts of Peru, on the mot:Attains of Loxa. It is also called Quinquina, Chincona, that is fever wood. It is a pretty tall tree,-and.has a trunk rather bigger than a. man's thigh, tapering from the root upwards, and tree from branches nit near the top. The bark is of a' blackish colour on the out aide, and sometimes mixed with white spots, frorn Whence, commonly grow s a `kind ut muss, which the Spaniards call -Barbas. 'Near the town of Loxa, says our correspondent, was a lake surrounded with Chinconairees, whicfz being blown' down, or accidentally thrown into the lake, *communicated' a 4izter ti.ste to the water, so_ that the inhabitants, who used to oink it, cuuw nog longer use it but a c'rtain Indian who had a Inofent fever upon him, and cothequently art intense thirst, finding no other . water was foried to drink of this, by which he' was periettly Cured. He related tins-, circumstance to some of iiis_tieignbours, and setrai periwns afflicted-with feversmade t i e meta with the same suCcess. Upoli-..this they thetilselves%to'cUsCoVer what had given gnus qualify to the water of the lake; and fount', iU the first place, that a gr eat nunii:.er of trees had . ICO into it, secondly, that,, in -a CCUrbe of years 7.-: these irees being rotted in - the ter it- Jost its - . bittpr- taste, a iid- of the same time , isv in 116 hence. they concluded that it s quaiity was owing to the trees, and found'that their Aleole efficacy: rebided in the bark. .• This medicine, however, remained a secret to tha Spaniards till the year 164 b, when it was discovered • by a soldier, who by. its rneans had Cie good fortune ,to cure the Vice-Queen of Peru of an intertnitting . fever, Which had baffled the skilLof her physicitils. Frcm this time the Spaniard s b 'begun to use it with wonderful success 3 and in the year 1740, Father De Logo, a jesuit,t hen ProcuratOr-General of Itikorder, and afterwards Cardinal, brought it to Rome, upon.. which the Society of Jesuits soon raised its reputa tion in Europe, and got a 'gr e at deal of money in a short time, selling for more than its weight itt gold, and never parting with it but in powder, itk order to disguise it the better. At this juncture; the , Physicians were, divided with reSpeal to the Peruvian Birk, some looking on it as a divine medicine, whilst others believed it dangerous, and even fatal' in many cases ; but its reputation suffered only. , through ignorance in• the manner 'of preparkg nod presctibing it. For, about the year 1679, Mr. TA.. bot, an English physician, hr,,ught it into vogue by the great number of cures he wrong.; about the' court and city-of Paris, with the powder prepar. ed after his manner; the- secret whet eat was afterwards 'made made, public by tne - umnificei)ce - of Louis IV. who rewarded Ta.bot fur the curs- monication with five thousand crown;. The tation, - indeed, which this medicine has tliii verally obtained, •has been chiefly owing to the judicious anti aucccaful experinicrtla made by our knglish physicians. • CADIZ.— . The City. of . . Cadiz is in the province.ck- Andalusia, in Spain, "and stands upon a pint of land so very pariJw, that there is In tie ground Lie. tween it and the sea, except on _the S. W. It •is upwards of 300 miles distant S. W. from Madrid.. 4 Theisland of Leon, on which it stands, is six hntgues in length, about halla leagne broad 'where the lowa. stands,:_and on the S. W. three leagues over. The isla4d,. • with the continent over against it, trams a bay qour leagues long, and in most places two lit breadth.: ; About the middle of the • bay are two'. points of land, one on the continent, and the other -; On the island, so near togethec, -- friaithe torts upop them command the passage, and within these pointS is the harbour. NIP NAPY.), ORAVZSIND, MARCH 7. • • Arrived—the Catherine, —, from C .braltat. Sitiled—De Fame, Merry, for Teneritie; itobert and Ann, Martin, for Gibraltar; Dektord, Custance, for' Pearl, Patterson, a n d Alonzo, Creason, for Lisbon ; and the Charlotte, &icon, for Waterford. B,IILTHS. On Saturday last, at Weygiouth, - the'Lady of Sir William George Parker, Bart. of a Daughter. • - On S.umlay last, at:Twickeilhatn Lodge, the. Lady of Cap. Uhl Frederick II ill, of a Son. • - Yesterday, at Guildhall,.the Lady of the City Iternern- . brancer,'of a Son ; her fourteenth child. MARRIED. - - On Tuesday morning, at St. Mtry-le-bonneChurch, Hen ry Duke Loftus, Esq. ,to Marianne, eldest daughter of Lieu tenant-General Loftus, - - On Wednesday morning, at St. Tomes's Church, Mr. Thou mas Francis gunman, of Craven -street, to lane, eldest daughter of Francis Dollin.in, lisq.• of Gower-street, Lately, the Rev. j. Hartley, to Miss Comsat, of York: .DIE D. • : On the rst inat, at Woolwich, Mrs. Adye, widow of the I , late Major Stephen Payne Adje, of the Roya,l - Regiinent of Artillery. - _ - _ • On Sunday, the infant son of Thomas. Bonner, Esq. of Sr. On Tuesday morning, aged fiveyears;.Maria, datiihter Joseph Blake, • Esq . of Devonshire-place: - . The same day, g.rs. Lawes, of Mortimer, Berks. 'Yesterday Anorning, , in the 64th year of his 4e, W. Dunk ley, Esq. of Little Eastcheap. - Orrthe t4th ult, alter a severe- and;tedious illness, the Rev. Archibald w i iWarpson, one of -the Minister s ,g.t tile Chapel'ofEase, tlnsgovv, in the 45th year' of his age, and 20th of his . • The lion. Mrs. - Elliot, wife Of the tiort. , Williant M. P. lorliskeard, • On the rith•of filly, at Madtai, 'Commi s si o n er Inman, of the-Ro t o-Navy he had landed duty a 'lex - days twin Edig. laid. - • . - • _ • . At Porina, Lieutenant Richardson, formerly of the Ist Veteran Battalion; aged 83 "years. PR/Ct. ye4rt C A AS • • .RDAY. , - tritt:a Stock, , 1 ud;a 1i,01,r15,' 115,, 12S. pr. IQS. 135.. pr. 'Ottmiuin, Ingle:111.3, per cent Il,ai;, JurACCOU lit, 11' , 6- r 85 1; Cui;3, for 11 st1'.ipril,, Uf34., Bank Stpck, shut ' Navy 5 Per il , 98i 97 a 9 8 Irish 5 per Cont. 4 Per , c en,. sh ;per, L e it. kpi; shut 3 per'Ct.. Cons. 67;-; 68 67iL BahlcLong Ann, shut blishea by WILLI AM 1 E R S, South Moi on.st mat, G.nr veuor square. 'Paper, Letters for the ,Editor, &c. voit-paia), must -be acicirc.sixi